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The essential print diary
2023 will be the first full year of expos, conferences and in-person trade events since the onset of Covid. There may be still be protocols to follow in some places, but the world of trade shows, conferences, and user groups is back, offering printshop owners and managers insights into business development.
INTERPACK
Düsseldorf
4-10 May www.interpack.com
The world’s biggest packaging event is back and will run at the Düsseldorf Messe Centre in just a few weeks’ time. The focus is on packaging and processing. A big show for the Australian and New Zealand packaging industries.
WOMEN IN PRINT
PRINT & DIGITAL CONVENTION
Düsseldorf
16-17 May www.printdigitalconvention. de/en
A meeting place for experts from the print and media industry as well as for decision-makers from industry, e-commerce, retail, and IT.
FESPA GLOBAL
Munich
23-26 May
www.fespa.com
Following this year’s Berlin expo, the global wide-format show is back in full swing, and back in its popular Munich location, where visitors will see all the latest hardware, software and media developments.
PRIDE IN PRINT
Auckland
23 June www.prideinprintawards. co.nz
The premier event for the New Zealand print industry, everyone who is anyone is going to be there, with the winners roster a who’s who of the best of Kiwi print. Book your tickets early, it’s always a sell-out.
LABELEXPO
Brussels
11 Sept-14 Sept labelexpo-europe.com
The popular labelfest will return next year, at its usual iconic location in Brussels, which sees it fill all eight halls with labels hardware, software, and consumables.
PRINTING UNITED EXPO
Atlanta
18-20 Oct www.printingunited.com
The big US show is a marriage of the former Print and Sign Graphics expos, everything in three days with English, and Spanish, the pre- eminent languages.
DRUPA
Düsseldorf
28 May-7 June 2024 www.drupa.com
The big one is coming. The mother of all trade shows, unmissable.
VISUAL IMPACT
Sydney
3-5 May visualimpact.org.au
Back in Sydney for the first time since before the pandemic, Visual Impact is aimed at businesses keen to keep up with the latest in print, sign, display, wide-format, engraving, and textile printing.
16 May 17 May 18 May 23 May 24 May 30 May
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Hobart www.womeninprint.com.au The increasingly popular networking event for women in
the print industry is running throughout May. This year’s keynote speaker is Danielle Dobson, presenting on conversations to break the gender code. And in Tasmania for the first time
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